CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Reita Rae Black Stroupe, age 81, of Kenwood Road, passed away Saturday May 23, 2020 at residence. She was born July 16, 1938 in Cleveland County to the late Wray and Ailene Sneed Black.Sunday, May 24, 2020

HICKORY, N.C. - Kenneth “Ken” Eugene Anderson, 71, of Hickory passed away peacefully on May 19, 2020 surrounded by his loving family at Cambridge House in Hildebran after battling Alzheimer’s for 14 years. Saturday, May 23, 2020

LINCOLNTON, N.C. - Marjorie R. Page-McCoy, age 76, of Lincolnton, was born on June 21, 1943, and left the world on May 16, 2020, surrounded by loving family after a long fight with illness.Monday, May 18, 2020

MADISON, S.D. - Elvira Mildred Rioux Eaker, age 83, of Madison, S.D., passed away at the Bethel Lutheran Home in Madison on Friday, May 8, 2020 from a battle with metastatic breast cancer that lasted more than a decade.Tuesday, May 12, 2020

CHERRYVILLE - Hillard Kenneth Hester, age 87, of Cherryville, N.C. passed away peacefully Sunday, April 5, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his family and holding to his wife’s hand. (1 comments)Tuesday, April 7, 2020

CONOVER - Ricky Lee “Howdy” Hefner, 59, of Conover, N.C. passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020 at Atrium Health in Charlotte after a motorcycle accident and a period of declining health.Saturday, April 4, 2020

LINCOLNTON - Kathy Smith Clemmer, 63, of Lincolnton passed away March 25, 2020. She was born July 8, 1956 in Gaston County, a daughter of the late George Earl Smith and Ella Louise Cartee Smith.Saturday, March 28, 2020

LINCOLNTON - Rickey Allen Newton Sr. 65 of Lincolnton passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020 at his home. Born, February 4, 1955 he was the son of the late B.S. Newton and Ruth Farris Newton.Saturday, March 21, 2020

IRON STATION - Charles Ernest Richardson Jr., age 81, of Furnace Road in Iron Station passed away peacefully on Friday, March 13, 2020, under the care of Hospice at Atrium Lincoln, surrounded by his loving family.Friday, March 13, 2020

On March 12, 2020, Beth Gordon Isenhour, age 62, loving wife of Johnny Isenhour, passed away at Duke University Medical Center due to complications from a liver condition that she battled with quiet dignity and courage.Friday, March 13, 2020